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[<em>] Took all honors available freshman and sophomore year. 1 AP class Sophomore, 4 Junior, 4 Senior
[</em>] Took three years of Spanish, one of them being honors
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.08
[</em>] Unweighted: 3.78
[<em>] Received 4.0 GPA award 9,10,11
[</em>] President of Mu Alpha Theta 11, 12
[<em>] Member of National Honor Society 11, 12
[</em>] Ranked 30/630
[<em>] In the Engineering Academy
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[li] An in depth 4 year course that greatly prepares high school students for a future in Engineering[/li][/ul]
[li] Participated in the BEST robotics competition, Website team leader[/li][</em>] Mentored middle school students for robotics
[<em>] Varsity lacrosse player
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[li] Most valuable player Junior Varsity (worth mentioning?)[/li][</em>] State Champions V and JV
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[<em>] Member of the Shelby County Leadership Forum (included Habitat for Humanity)
[</em>] Worked for Chick Fil A for the first half of 2008
[li] Worked as a pool monitor/cleaner in the summer 2008-present[/li][/list]</p>
<p>Final Notes:</p>
<p>I have a pretty good hook on engineering, since we're inventing something this year as a year long project. It makes my essays very passionate and interesting.</p>
<p>Schools: GA Tech, Notre Dame(favorite), Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Tulane, and possibly Rice. Pretty much all EA, no ED</p>
<p>I would say definitely in for ND. Notre Dame isn’t that hard to get into, and neither is Northwestern (I might be jaded, but I have seen too many students get into Northwestern to think it is selective, and ND has taken some students with less impressive stats). Vanderbilt is in too, I’d say, because of ACT score. I heard somewhere that ND puts a lot of weight on ECs, especially sports, so I’d include honors you have received in sports as well as the Championship stuff. </p>
<p>I disagree with Notre Dame having easy admissions. We have a family friend who grew up going to Catholic schools, competed in Irish dance at a national and international level, had a 4.0 and a 2160 SAT. Rejected Nd, and get this…accepted to Harvard! Your stats look very good, though. That 35 ACT is great. We visited ND this summer and were blown away by how beautiful the campus was. Best of luck to you!!</p>
<p>But you have to understand. Harvard is a much better school then Notre Dame. I know too many people who got rejected from cornell but accepted into Notre Dame. Anyway Duke is better then Notre Dame as well.</p>
<p>I think you’ve got very strong chances for Notre Dame ED. All sections of your SAT are within the 50th precentile for ND…and even better ACT scores! GPA and rank are solid. And ECs aren’t lacking by any means.
As for the rest:
GA Tech - in
Vanderbilt - low match
Northwestern - match
Tulane - in
Rice - match
You’re looking pretty solid at every school. Good luck!</p>